Photic and nonphotic effects on the human circadian pacemaker : field and laboratory assessments in NLP blind individuals with and without circadian photoreception

Light-dark cycles are considered the most important synchroniser of the human circadian pacemaker. To better understand the effect of light input and the lack thereof on the circadian timing system, 12 healthy blind subjects with no light perception (NLP) were studied for ~4 months during field and...

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Main Author: Hull, Joseph T.
Published: University of Surrey 2009
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.502630